PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Radios across Haiti were abuzz on Wednesday with the news that the U.N. Security Council had approved the creation of a so-called gang suppression force to help the troubled Caribbean country.

The force would replace a smaller U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police that remains understaffed and underfunded and whose mandate expires on Oct. 2.

“I’m hoping these people are serious this time,” said Darlene Jean-Jacques, who lives with her 10-year-old son in a crowded and filthy shelter after gangs raided their neighborhood and killed her partner. “A force to come and support Haitians would be wonderful so people can have their life back.”

Gangs have grown in power since the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in 2021. They now control 90% of the capital, Port

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